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Spinach 'Perpetual'

Spinach 'Perpetual' or Spinach Beet is a prolific green leaf veg, with a very similar taste and texture to spinach. This is one to sow in early autumn for picking right through the winter and into spring. More

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Spinach 'Perpetual' or Spinach Beet is a prolific green leaf veg, with a very similar taste and texture to spinach.

This is one to sow in early autumn for picking right through the winter and into spring.

Spinach 'Perpetual' is tasty, long-producing and very easy to grow, an exceptional, underrated and very worthwhile plant particularly for those with a tiny garden or those with no time. Just shove this in and it will produce spinach leaves for an entire year.

Genus

Beta vulgaris subsp.cicla

Group/Species

Heritage

Variety

Perpetual

Type

Short-lived Perennial (grown as a Hardy Annual)

Common Name

Spinach Beet

Soil Type

Fertile,
Neutral

Site

Full Sun, Part Shade

Moisture

Moist but Well-drained

Height

30cm (12in)

Spacing

20cm (8in)

Sowing, Seeds, Planting

Sow early autumn for picking right through the winter and into the spring or sow March-April for harvesting from summer.

Care Tips

Extremely resistant to bolting. Keep well weeded. Will grow well in containers.

Harvesting

All year - 7-8 weeks from sowing. Pick the outer leaves, leaving the inner ones to mature.

Cooking Notes

Enjoy raw or steamed. The stalks are edible and taste deliciously like asparagus.

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Fabulously easy to grow for beginners!

Reviewed 3rd June 2018 by JANET WILSON

I found Sarah's website 3 years ago. It inspired me to have a go at growing some vegetables as the supermarket vegetables I was buying was expensive and the quality was a bit hit n' miss.

I started to grow this spinach because Sarah said it was the easiest veg to grow. I bought one large 60 litre canvas bag and some vegetable compost and crossed my fingers having shaken the packet of seeds onto the watered bag of compost. A fortnight later little seedlings appeared. I had a look a further 3 weeks later and couldn't believe how much they'd grown! I used scissors to snip off the largest outer leaves from each plant and then washed them in salted water and spun the water out in a salad spinner. I've made a cheese sauce and wilted the spinach into it and served it with shop-bought tortelloni. So quick and easy to make!

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